La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 25, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJaps k n llGwasooira See Columns 1-2 Weather I Community Newspaper ... For Every kf ember of the Family Dulu for 24 hours to 7 a. m. Temperature: Maximum 89 Minimum 56 Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probable showers'. gin ii'iii ii i if Hiii ui irrn ' Ifafewa Ceef'Jet ESTABLISHED 18 LA (IRANDE. OREGON MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 2S. 1945 flVE CENTS a (Brauu Civilians Evacuated As American Bombs Batter Balikpapan MANILA, June 25 (UP) Radio Tokyo reported today that Japanese civilians have been evacuated inland from the Horneo oil center of Balikpapan, where landing attempts were reported previously. Knemy broadcasts told of new invasion preparations around the rich oil center us the American drive to clean up northern Luzon in the Philippines gained impetus by the first full-dress airborne invasion of the Pacific war. "The enemy's advance to the Balikpapan area had been anticipated," said Tokyo. The broadcast reported that "food preparations and defense setups had been completed, and civilians had been evacuated further inland. U.S. Bolsters Reds' Manchuria Line Against Japanese WASHINGTON, June 25 (UP) The United States is supplying lend-lease aid 'to bolster Russian power in Siberia where the Hud army is pinning down strong Jap anese forces across the Manchur ian border, it was disclosed today. Shipments to European Russia have been halted. Foreign economic administra tor Leo T. Crowley revealed new details about the shift in lend leasce emphasis for Russia in tes timony made public tpday by the house appropriations committee. The committee recommended deficiency and supplemental ap propriations totaling $3,133,550, 000 more than 90 per cent for war purposes for- -the-- -1045-46 fiscal year. The total represented a tut of $17,000,000 from budget bureau estimates. Crowley also disclosed that no funds will be needed during the 194G fiscal year for lend-lease aid to Latin America, North Africa and the nations of eastern Europe and the Balkans, and that lend lease aid to France, Belgium and the Netherlands in connection with redeployment will end by about next Dec. 31. Reds Aid Allies Explaining the program for Russia, Crowley told the com mittee: "Although the Soviet Union has not declared war against Japan, lend-lease aid is being continued to the Soviet Union as long as, and to the extent that, in the opinion of the president N See U. S. AIDS . . . Page 5 and his highest military and stra Sce U. S. AIDS . . . Page 5 Reich Communist Party Re-formed LONDON, June 25 (UP) A Mosow broadcast said today that the communist party- had been reorganized in Berlin. "The communist party of Ger many has emerged after 12 years of bitter underground struggle, and is now officially registered with Soviet military authorities in Berlin and wi'.h the German magistrates," correspondent Rob ert Magidoff said in the broad east. Magidoff said it was not yet known whether any other politi cal party had been legalized in Germany. U. S. Citizenship 'Lord Haw Hawx LONDON, June 25 (UP) Wil liam "Lord Haw-Haw" Joyce pleaded innocent to charges of treason today, basing his pica en a contention he is an Ameri ca citizen. Charles Head, defending Joyce, claimed at a preliminary hearing in Bow street police court thai the man who broadcast nazi pro paganda to Britain was not, and never had been a British citizen. Head told the court that Joyce was born in Brooklyn, the son ef an Irishman naturalized as an American. Head conceded Joyce had claimed British citizenship in applying for a passport to go to Germany, but pointed to his New V'oirk bifUi certificate as proof he wns Bot British. Prosecution counsel L. A. Byrne read a statement Joyce was saldto have made to intelligence officers following his capture in Germany. Byrne also introduced Tokyo added nothing new to yesterday's reports of "landing attempts" which the Japanese claimed had been "checked." Today's communique from Gen. Douglas MacAithur's headquar ters reported that over 150 planes carrying more than 200 tons of bombs raided the Balikpapan area. Hitter fighting raged ill the Cagayan valley of northern Luz on after the 11th airborne divi sion dropped parachute troops and for the first time in the Pacific glider-borne units at the northern gate to the valley. Some 00 miles to the south the 37th division was fighting its way to the rescue of a guerrilla force grimly hanging on to Tuguegarao, capital of Cagayan province. The Japanese savagely counter - attacked the guerrillas. The 37th had gained nine miles by Saturday night to a point 10 miles from the besieged town. , OKINAWA LOSS ADMITTED GUAM, June 25 (UP)Japan admitted the loss of Okinawa to. day and its people were warned that they now stand "at the crossroads of life and death." While enemy casualties soared past the 110,000 mark on Oki nawa, the 85-mile long island was being converted into a new B-29 base from which Superfort resses, augmented by fleets of fighter plar.es, will hammer the Japanese homeland in a gigantic pie-invasion aerial assault. The Japanese high command conceded the fall of Okinawa, and a Tokyo commentator frank ly acknowledged that the island's defense was important only be cause "it gained for Japan the piccious time of three months" to prepare for defense of the homeland. The Japanese high command conceded the fall of Okinawa in a communique broadcast by radio Tokyo reporting the finalBanzai charges by the army and navy garrisons. No messages have been received from Okinawa since last Wednesday, the communique said. Former Residents of La Grande Die Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jordan (Marian Nelson) visited in Ever ett, Wash., with the Rev. O. H. King, who was minister of the First Christian church in La Grande when the building was erected. They learned that Mrs. King died Monday, June 18, and that on the same day, the King's old est son, Joe King, was buried in Iowa. Is Claimed by to Beat Noose a copy of a birth certificate show ing Joyce was born April 24, 16, in Brooklyn, N.Y. The pros cutor also submitted a passport application from Joyce in which he stated he was born in Gal way, Ireland. Joyce said that his mother was English and his father was a na turalized American who "lost his citizenship later through failing to re-register because he left America in 1909." The man who turned nazi pro pagandist said he lived in Ireland until 1!I21, when he moved to England and throughout the oer iod he was 'treated as a British subject." A German military rntsnrtrt fntinrl in hi nncspssinn lifted Joyce as a naturalized Ger man 'formerly English." Joyce was held over until Thursday. tfin he will be com mitted for trial at the July ses rion of the central criminal couit. Bond County Is 21 Percent From Loan Quota With but a week to go be fore the official close of the 7th war loan campaign, Union county residents were 21 per cent of the $964,000 goal, and efforts of the county war finance committee were being redoubled in an effort to pre vent a failure. The committee reported sales of all types of bonds in the pres ent campaign aggregated $702, 4110.25, of which $5511,1155.25 were in E Bonds. It was announced by W. C. Perkins, war finance committee chairman, that this represents bonds actually issued in the coun ty and does not include any pay roll deductions or purchase of pledges. Heavy Sales Necessary Perkins announced that the drive to sell 134 bonds of $1,000 each to individual purchasers still is 92 bonds short of the goal, 42 having been sold to today, leaving an. average of 'more than 15 to be sold daily during the current week. To meet the E bond quota, he said, it also will to necessary to sell an average of $5,000 in bonds of smaller denominations during each of the remaining six days of the campaign. Meanwhile, officials of the treasury, department jn Wash ington announced that E bond sales on a natiowide basis are eosiderably below the $4,000,000, 000 quota, sales during the past week-end bringing the total to $2,855,000,000. National Sales Off At the same time, the corpor ation quota of $7,000,000,000 has been oversubscribe! by .nearly $0,000,000,000. The treasury department an nounced that after the drive of ficially closes next Saturday night, approximately a week wiil be required for accounting, and that during that week, or until July 7, all war bond sales record ed as deposits to the treasury's account, will be credited to the drive. Lions' Governor Lauds Local Club For Member Jump Robert V. Lewis of Portland, district governor of Lions inter national, was the principal speak er at the La Grande club's final meeting of the 1944-45 season to day non inthe Stein cafe banquet room. Lewis complimented the club members on the 100 per cent in crease in membership during the past year, and said it is perhaps the largest of any club in the in ternational organization in that peiiod. He also announced that the La Grande club had been hon ored by having one of its mem tors, Ralph E. Jones, local high school principal, elected as dis trict governor for the 1945-40 term, by delegates from all other clubs in the district which em braces the counties across the noithern border of Oregon. The local club's activity accomplish ments were also praised highly. Capt. A. J. Kisselbureh told of his experiences in the European war, including months of impri sonment in a German prisoner of war camp, and also related sev-' eral incidents which he witnessed during his active duties as squad ron commander of a bomber gioup. Guests were Dr. J. L. Intle and Don Ragsdale, of La Grande; P. D. G. Woodman of Eugene: Rob. irt V. Lewis, Mrs. Verna Christal, Millarel Christal. Glen Lanniean. Frank Clerk and Ellis Garber all of Portland. ' Lawrance L. Welchko was in troduced as a new member. Sales & --V&?&,. lording pun I MltES VSSeVS 2 0IHI A 1-tmlfol.om T, ' ) "'" '0mia ' W I i control of ffepe. CMTHAI$ I both tntranctt !teST "':i,ft-' f )( South Sw Brookjlon laf fs.pilan, J"0 SfM Wl tidal, . -ft1 ..,,.. jf 4ult0l 900 U OMUARAy in odranct from MJ V If TuiongT jfi$ Tnm f TSH Stupor it bmbong 1 NORTH ,rt" -V V BORNEO K RRI INtl i ) ! OMOtudl - 1 THIRD BLOW HITS BORNEO JAPS Brunei bay Invasion of northwest Borneo was expanded into three-pronged operation with unopposed Australian landl.igs at Mempakul, Maneuver gives Anzacs control of both entrances to bay, protects, supply routes. Other invading units are driving toward Seria oil fields and Beau fort rubber plantations, , Hilarious Auction Brings Big Sales of Bonds, Sad Aftermaths Purchases of $30,000, worth of E bonds were pledged at the La Grande junior chamber of com merce rally Saturday night on Adams avenue. City Manager Ed Ford, Ray mond Gray, president of the sen ior chamber of commerce, W. E. "Bill" Wilkins, real estate broker, Postmaster Victor Eckley, were sold into "bondage" by auctioneer Claude Berry, who in turn was auctioned off by Wilkins. Ford, purchased by Nolle Grim mett, chief clerk of the ration board, for $3000, toelay paid the obligations of his servitude, by meticulously washing the win dows of the ration board office. Gray, whose services were pur chased by Mis. Arlo Noyes for $3000, is requiied to care for the Noyes children some evening. Gerald Pierson who purchased Wilkins fflr $2000 in' bonds, ex acted the dubious services of Wil kins after the rally by having him serve as bartender in his res taurant. It is questionable whether Pier son profitted oh the deal, be cause Wilkins, for two hours had the townspeople flocking into the the establishment by refusing any money in payment for the beverage, loudly and genialy in forming all and sundry that "it is on the house." Eckley, thinner than the three on the "block" before him. brought $400, with Mrs. Harold Dow the purchaser. When E' n ley can spore the time fron: his duties in the post office, will weed Mrs. Dow's garden. Climaxing the sale pi services Wilkins, having a louder voice than Berry, the auctioneer, placed Berry in the bondage of Charles Brackett, school boy, for $1 in war stamps. Brackett also re ceived in addition to Berry's ser- Russians to Sit in War Criminal Talks LONDON, June 25 (UP) A British foreign office spokesman said today that Russia, reversing her previous stand, has decided to send two representatives to London for a conference on the trial of major nazi war criminals. The conference will open in London tomorrow with delegates from the United States, Britain and France in addition to Russia. The four countries will discuss procedure and a date for trials of Rcichsmarshal Hermann Goering, former German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, former deputy fuehrer Rudolf Hess and 100 or more other high nazis. Russia at first ignored invita tions from the Uni'ad States nn Britain to send a delegation to London. ' Hoijert II. JneVson, supreme court int.'.ice and chief American prosecutor of war criminals, will represent the United States. Lag vices, 7 boxes of cleansing tissue, which shows what competitors can do to one' another in a mo ment of excitement and fun. Ber ry may have to carry Brackett's paper route. The auction of the ham was a highlight of the evening, both Berry and Wilkins conducting the bidding, with Wilkins pounding the railing with the heavy ham and waving it in the air as though it were a toy rattle, with the winning bid $4750 in bonds by Dr. J. E. Woodell. Nylon hose brought a bid of $5000, Mrs. H. L. Wagner, HFD 1, being the one to get that pre cious Hem. Fifty-one gauge hose brought $400, a carton of gum, $500, and cigarettes, candy and cleansing t)isuc also commanded good prices. The high school majorette ac counted for the collection of $4000 in bonds and stamps. Dorothy Mayficld won first prize for sales by the majorettes. Mrs. Anton Freisinger was in charge of the bond table. The junior band, directed by Leroy Darling, toured the city prior to the rally, reminding the towns people of the sale, and much fav oiable comment was heard on the ability of the band which in cludes only elementary school students and a few who will enter high school in the fall. 135,000 Workers Are Idle Due to Strikes in East By United Press More than 135,000 workers weie idle today as a wave of labor disputes disrupted war and civilian production in several main industrial areas. Darkest spot on the labor hori zon was in Detroit, where some 45,000 workeis were thrown into idleness in a series of walkouts. Paralysis of every plan in the Detroit area loomed as delegates of the maintenance, construction, and powerhouse workers council 'UAW-CIO) met to discuss their jurisdictional feud with the AFL. Strike Vote Ordered Members of at least five pow erful maintenance workers un ions in Detroit ordered their dele gates to vote for an area-wide strike. Packard's 22,000 United Auto mobile Workers (CIO) voted to go back to work. However, 1,000 maintenance men did not vote and if they do not go rback to their jobs the plant could not be kept open. Other Detroit plants affected were Budd Wheel Co., Chrysler Coip. (five reconversion projects), Ford Motor Co. River Rogue plant, pring and upset building, St in son Aircraft, aeronautical products, Hudson Motor Car Co., Federal Mogul Corp., and 12 lumber yards. As Drive Wanes Searching Probe of Bowman Story Is Made by State Prosecutor Asks Why Son Stayed To Fight Father A searching cross examination of Albert Forrest Bowman, 28, toelay marked his trial on u grand jury indictment charging him with the murder of his futher at the North Powder district ranch on AP' il 22. Deputy District Attorney George Cochran probed closely into Bowman's direct testimony concerning the fight In a corrul in which the accused man admits he struck his parent one or more blows with a rock and thrcw what he believed was the lifeless body into a nearby well. Flight Question Raised One point on which the deputy prosecutor laid the most stress was a question of why the son did not flee after twice disarm ing his father during their alter cation. Bowman had testified that af ter his father provoked the fight by attacking him with a milk stool, he disarmed the elder man, whereupon the parent obtained a shovel and launched a new nt tack. He said he took the shovel away from his father and threw it away, and picked up a rock which has been conceded to have been the lethal weapon. Cochran asked the accused why he did not run away after dis arming his father for the second time, to which Bowman replied in effect that he was in some thing of o panic and was afraid because of the superior strength and power of his parent. Statements Attacked Cochran also directed consid erable attention to an asserted discrepancy in Bowman's state ments, one made to officers and the district attorney immediately following his apprehension, und another during his testimony in court. Cochran called attention to Bowman's initial statement that he struck his father once with the rock and then threw the body in the well, where the wuter seemed to revive him momentar ily. His later statement was that he struck his father three limes and, believing his father to be dead, put the body in the well when he became panic stricken at what he had done. It was on this phase of the de fendants own testimony and his previous statement to the author ities that the cross examination continued as the trial wan re sumed after the noon recess to day. It was estimated today that the e'ase probably will not reach the jury until Thursday,, as addition al witnesses remain to be called, and most of .an entire day will be required for the final argu ments of counsel. Masonic Council To Meet Saturday Members of Union council, Royal unel Select Musters and La Grande chapter, Royal Arch Ma sons are focusing their attention on the quarterly meeting of Un ion council which will be held in I the Masonic temple here Satur day nignt. Dinner will he served at 0:30 o'clock and the council will be convened for degree work an hour later. Glenn Wagner, illustrious mas ter, said members of the cryptic branch of Freemasonry from Un ion and Wallowa counties will be present and that several Royal Arch Masons will be advanced to the council degrees. Morton Dav is of Union, is recorder of the council; and C. M. Humphreys, secrelaiy of the La Grande Ma sonic bodies, is arranging the de tails for the session. SLAYER IS ACOUITTED CASCADE, Ida., June 25 (UP) Mrs. Thelma Stonebraker, 31, was acquitted by an ull-male jury Saturday night of the mur der of her 52-year-old husband, George Stonebraker. Eastern Oregon Nimrods J: Recommend Split in Big Game Hunting Seasons .III; ' Representatives of sports organizations in four eastern, Oregon counties mot in La Grunde yesterday, formulating, their recommendations to the Oregon state game commission, for big game hunting seasons this year. y Members of the newly formed Eastern Oregon sportsmenfa council, the group went on record emphatically for a split' season this year between the deer and elk hunting periods; ; Building Project . Approval Mounts; Cigaret Tax Lags PORTLAND, June 25 (UP) - With only about 100 scattered piecinets in the state to be heard from, Oregon's first speciul elec tion in nine years was winding up toduy, with a decisive victory forjhe $10,000,000 statu building fund and a clear-cut defeut for the proposed cigaret tux. Latest returns from 1725 of the state's 1830 precincts in Friday's election gave: Building fund: Yes 74,505, no 47,751. Cigaret tax: Yes 58,376, no 65, 214. Multnomah Beats Tax It was populous Multnomah county which defeated the cigaret tax. It won in approximately half of the downstute counties, giving it a margin of 2,009 votes ap proval, but Multnomah voters overwhelmed it by more than 9,000 votes. Less than 25 per cent of the registered voters went to the pulls, one of the lightest votes in many years in any election. Some counties reported less than 10 per cent of the voters at the polls. Victory of the slute building fund, the money for which will come from Income tux surpluses now in the state treasury, never wus a question receiving deci sive majorities both in Portland and in downstalc counties. Not oneV county went against the measure. Portland's civic center was de feated by a two-to-one margin, See BUILDING . . . Page 5 Scout Leader to Map Camp Plans For Local District The executive board of Ml. Emily district of boy scouts will meet at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night in the Presbyterian church. Wes Klusman, national director of camping of New York City will be in the council urea prior to Ihe meeting to inspect camp sites and study camping needs. He will present a long term camping program at the meeting. The council budget for 1946 will be presented for adoption. A copy of the preliminary budget has been mulled to euch district chairman so that requests for ad ditional appropliutions or sug gestions may be considered be foie its final adoption. The meeting will be composed of chairmen of district standing committees. Officer's Slayer Faces Execution VALE, Ore., June 25 (UP) Kenneth Bailey, 20 - year - old Klamath Falls, Ore., desperado, today faced death in the gas chamber at the Oregon peniten tiary at Salem. He will be sentenced to death Wednesday ut 10 a. nr., by Circuit Judge M. i. Biggs. A Jury early Sunduy morning convicted Bui ley of the first degree murder of Sgl. Ted Chumbers of Ontario, on Oregon state policeman, shot to death in a gun battle near Weis er, Ida., last April 20. The jury made no recommen dation for cle-mency and In Ore gon a first degree murder con viction without recommendation carries the death penalty. Pnor to considering season ro- commendations, all of which were passed on a unanimous basis, the group elected Max D. Wilson of Joseph a delegate to the next meeting of the gamp commission, which will be held' in Portland July 14. John Gar. jty, secretary of the La Grande srjrtsmen's group, was named delegate. . Seaun Datos Proposed The recommendations which, Wilson will present to the com; " minion are as follows: 1. Deer season September' 20 to October 23. 2. Elk season November" 3 to November 26. ' " 3. A 21-day pheasant ieaun ihe opening day to start with '' the opening day of duck see- . on. the dales of which at Mtr by federal agencies, and which will not be made known for ome -time. The session ' was opened by Circuit Court Judge R. J. Green, who hud been named temporary chairman of the council at the original formulation meeting at Elgin. Ho was elected permanent president by unanimous assent of the delegates. Vernon Ken nedy of the Pendleto orgaiza tion was elefcted vdce-presidnt, and John H. Newman of La Grande was elected) "secretary treasurer, i Closed Soason Sought 1 Strong recommendations were made that the season be closed to doe deer and to cow elk in all of the eastern Oregon coun ties involved: Wallowa, Uma tilla, Baker und Union. A clored season on grouse and similar birds, such as sage hens and prairies chickens was voted. A resolution asking the game See DIVIDED . . . Page 5 President Tells Veterans Their -Job Is Not Done PORTLAND, Or., June 23 (UP) President Truman'( en route to the united nations con ference in San Francisco, today during a brief visit here remind ed tho veterans of this war that their duty to the nation will not be ended when the fighting is over. After his Portland visit the president continued by special plane to San Francisco. He was scheduled to land ut Hamilton field near San Francisco at mid afternoon. The president paused in his motor tour of Portland to visit the veterans bureau hospital where most of the patients are veterans of the last world war, in which the president served as an artillery captain. , "We are going to do everything we can for the veterans they certainly deserve it," he sajd, "but 1 want to say, too, that th live veteran, the veteran in this fight, has just as much a duty to his country in peace as in war. The president received an ex pansive welcome here where he spent an hour und a half riding through packed cheering crowds to visit the veterans. ,, In San Francisco late this af ternoon the president will re ceive nil UNCION delegates, then attend a dinner given for him by Secretary of State E. R. Stettin ius, jr. On Tuesday the president will receive a committee of San Francisco citizens, then go before the final plenary session of the conference in the late afternoon, speaking about 5 or 5:30 o'clock.